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Case Before Supreme Court
May Alter Campaign Financing

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Robert S. Greenberger Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated July 20, 1999 1:15 a.m. ET

ST. LOUIS -- Most years, Bevis Schock's political action committee doesn't give more than $1,000 in total to candidates in state political races -- a mere drop in the swollen sea of campaign contributions. But this year the tiny PAC may alter the course of U.S. campaign financing.

That is because the U.S. Supreme Court early this fall will review a legal challenge brought by Mr. Schock's PAC, Shrink Missouri Government, and a political candidate to the state's $1,075 contribution limit for certain races. Last year, a...